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- WHEEL CHUCK; c No. 560,354. Patented May 19,1896.

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lUNiTT STATES PATENT FETCH@ llALlII l. IIAIN, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MIOIIIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE FOX MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WHEEL-CHUCK.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,354, dated May 19, 1896. xcaton tiled 'February 2Q, Sl'lftl N0| (N0 modell) ,''U (rho/1b it Huey aortecrn.; Said collar is divided at one side and provided ile ii liiiowli that I, RALPH Il. lIAlN, a eitiwith a binding-screw J, whereby 'it may be men ci" the United States, residing at Grand fixed in place on the column ll. Intiienpper Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of eiid of the Column B iS a plug` O, having/an Michigan, have invented certain new and axial SOCket t0 i'eeeive the tapered Clld N Of useful Improvements in Vheel-Chueks', and a pin N, arranged in the axis of the Series Oi I do hereby declare the following` to be a iull, elear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art io to which it appertains to make and use the SLlIIO.

My invention reiates to an improved wheel chuck, and more especially to a chuck Vfor set ting up bicycle-wheels; and its object is to i 5 provide the same with certain new and useful features,hereinafter more fully deseribcd,and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanyingr drawings, iii whichpm diiially adjustable on said piu and secured in place by set-screws P'. A pan or tray M is provided, which :rests on the arms D and has an axial opening for thc spindle N and is adapted to hold tools or in aterials used in seliting up the wheels. 'ihe bell-crank levers are of equal dimensions and arranged with the Corresponding parts of each lever moving `in the saine plane and eqiiidistant from the axis oi the piu N. IVhen a wheel-rim is engaged by the heads lil and the .flange G raised and secured by the screw J, the rim will be 2o Figure l is a side elevation of a device eml'irinly held iii a plane at right angles to the bodyingniyiuvention,witlipart-sbroken away axis oi the pin N and eoiieentrie therewith, to better show the construction', and Fig. 2 is and beings,` engaged at trcquent intervals by a plan view et the saine with the pan M re said heads, which are allequidistant from said moved. axis, the rim will be 'forced to assume a true liilie leiiersv refer to like paris in bolli oi" circular forni. ly adjusting` the cones P on :lin 1`\ fn1-e, the pin, hubs of various dimensions may be 'enresentszi suitable base-plaie; il, aiuaeeiiiately adiusied and iirinlv held iii the unir Aoiuniu projeeiiiig upward i'roni ilie eenier ot said rini. "i`liiis the hub and rim annu i ii hul) 0r boss secured io the upper are lirinlwv held in proper relation io lorm a o end oiu the eoliuiiii Il and having' a series nl perfeei wheel while ilie spokes are inseried in place. l

Having thus full)Y described my invention`r what I claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, isp i. In a wheel-chuck, a eeiiiilal Dill, ddllllii Y 1 ma, Mami hell-crank levers,

radial arms D, tothe outer ends D' otwliieh mais are pivoted heiiranic levers having' up wardly-proieeting arins E and inwardly-DPO- weimg arms I". ilhe arms 'E are provided h femm ne in their levers E, and provided with concs I) longituf 

